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The NY Mets and the Hebron Fund
US Politics
Philip Weiss on November 1, 2015
Citifield, site of fundraiser for group supporting illegal settlers and of
World Series game tonight
Baseball fans, don’t forget that the scene of tonight’s fifth game of the World
Series was the site of a fundraiser for an American group supporting illegal
settler zealots, the Hebron Fund, back in 2009. The Mets defended the
fundraiser at the time with this email:
Citi Field hosts a wide range of events that reflect the diversity of our
hometown and the differing views and opinions of New Yorkers. The beliefs of
organizations holding events at Citi Field do not necessarily reflect those of
the New York Mets.
Rebecca Vilkomerson of Jewish Voice for Peace and Neil Strauss of the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee were among many activists urging
the Mets to cancel the event, to no avail.
The Hebron Fund and dozens of other tax-exempt nonprofit organizations raise
funds in the United States and send them overseas to expand and develop the
settlements in order to make a Palestinian state impossible. Washington Post
columnist David Ignatius recently reported that “A search of IRS records
identified 28 U.S. charitable groups that made a total of $33.4 million in
tax-exempt contributions to settlements and related organizations between 2004
and 2007.” Although they do not meet the Internal Revenue Service’s criteria
for tax exemption, they have nevertheless been awarded 501(c)(3) status, which
means that their activities are subsidized by the American taxpayer.
On November 21, hundreds of supporters will pay $300 a plate to attend the
Hebron Fund’s annual dinner at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. Sitting
in the Caesar’s Club above the field, the attendees will enjoy a reception,
buffet, and Viennese table, and toast the evening’s main awardee, Noam Arnon,
an outspoken supporter of settler terrorism. In 1990 Arnon praised the Jewish
terrorists who killed three Palestinians, and planted bombs that maimed the
mayors of two Palestinian cities, and has slandered Breaking the Silence, a
group of Israeli soldiers that published Israeli soldiers’ narratives of
violence and racism by Hebron’s settlers, calling it an organization of
anti-Semites and supporters of Islamic terrorism.
Eleven peace and civil rights organizations, including the Arab-American and
Jewish-American organizations that we represent, have asked the Mets to cancel
the fundraiser,
The majority owner of the Mets, Fred Wilpon, is Jewish and was hurt in the
Bernie Madoff scandal. Madoff was very supportive of Israel. I don’t know if
Wilpon is an active Zionist. This writer at the Jewish Week implies that Wilpon
is:
The Mets owner, Fred Wilpon, a Jewish guy, stood tall against the anti-Zionist
pressure. The Hebron Fund had its dinner.
Thanks to Scott McConnell, a Yankees and Giants fan.
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Citifield, site of fundraiser for group supporting illegal settlers and of
World Series game tonight
Baseball fans, don’t forget that the scene of tonight’s fifth game of the World
Series was the site of a fundraiser for an American group supporting illegal
settler zealots, the Hebron Fund, back in 2009. The Mets defended the
fundraiser at the time with this email:
Citi Field hosts a wide range of events that reflect the diversity of our
hometown and the differing views and opinions of New Yorkers. The beliefs of
organizations holding events at Citi Field do not necessarily reflect those of
the New York Mets.
Rebecca Vilkomerson of Jewish Voice for Peace and Neil Strauss of the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee were among many activists urging
the Mets to cancel the event, to no avail.
The Hebron Fund and dozens of other tax-exempt nonprofit organizations raise
funds in the United States and send them overseas to expand and develop the
settlements in order to make a Palestinian state impossible. Washington Post
columnist David Ignatius recently reported that “A search of IRS records
identified 28 U.S. charitable groups that made a total of $33.4 million in
tax-exempt contributions to settlements and related organizations between 2004
and 2007.” Although they do not meet the Internal Revenue Service’s criteria
for tax exemption, they have nevertheless been awarded 501(c)(3) status, which
means that their activities are subsidized by the American taxpayer.
On November 21, hundreds of supporters will pay $300 a plate to attend the
Hebron Fund’s annual dinner at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. Sitting
in the Caesar’s Club above the field, the attendees will enjoy a reception,
buffet, and Viennese table, and toast the evening’s main awardee, Noam Arnon,
an outspoken supporter of settler terrorism. In 1990 Arnon praised the Jewish
terrorists who killed three Palestinians, and planted bombs that maimed the
mayors of two Palestinian cities, and has slandered Breaking the Silence, a
group of Israeli soldiers that published Israeli soldiers’ narratives of
violence and racism by Hebron’s settlers, calling it an organization of
anti-Semites and supporters of Islamic terrorism.
Eleven peace and civil rights organizations, including the Arab-American and
Jewish-American organizations that we represent, have asked the Mets to cancel
the fundraiser,
The majority owner of the Mets, Fred Wilpon, is Jewish and was hurt in the
Bernie Madoff scandal. Madoff was very supportive of Israel. I don’t know if
Wilpon is an active Zionist. This writer at the Jewish Week implies that Wilpon
is:
The Mets owner, Fred Wilpon, a Jewish guy, stood tall against the anti-Zionist
pressure. The Hebron Fund had its dinner.
Thanks to Scott McConnell, a Yankees and Giants fan.
